16x DVD±R and double layer burners from Lite-On and Pioneer!

[mob]

Heise online has got some really hot news from the ongoing CeBIT fair in Hannover. According to the German website Lite-On will follow Philips and BenQ and release a double layer (DL) DVD+R burner already in April(!?) which also writes single layer DVD±R at 8x. Lite-On also confirms the co-operation with Sony which probably means this drive will have the same specifications as the recently announced DRU-700A from Sony. Lite-On will follow up this drive with a 16x version in June.

A bit surprisingly Pioneer also plans to release a DL DVD+R drive in July. This drive (probably named DVR-A08) will also support single layer 16x DVD±R. Pioneer shows a 2x DL DVD-R prototype at CeBIT too but a final product will likely not show up before late 2004.

As you might have noticed most manufacturers will skip 12x speed and jump direct to 16x and the DVD+RW Alliance also says it will not release an official specification for 12x DVD+R. The 16x specification should however be ready in July and it will be based on CAV technique.

(Taken from: http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/9344 )

[Red96TA]

I just don't know...I think they'll wait a while to milk folks coming over to the 8x from the 2x and 4x crowd. It would be wise to wait a year like they did moving from 4x to 8x

[mob]

i can't even see myself wanting to burn at 16X.... 8X is too fast for me.

I never burn anything past 4X anyways cuzz I have this wierd belief that if you burn it faster you get more errors.

[jimmalenko]

Like CD burners though, they crawled up the speeds for a couple of years and then went from 12x to 52x in about a year.

[lordsmurf]

Like CD burners though, they crawled up the speeds for a couple of years and then went from 12x to 52x in about a year.

Yeah, but 12x and 52x is nothing. You move from like 6-7 minutes to 2-3 minutes, often picking up errors along the way because most CD-R is shit quality.

I see DVD-R/+R going the same way. Stick to good media, stick to 4x, and call it a day. For now, and for the next few years.

Eventually, maybe 8x and 16x will be stable, but not anytime soon, not if CD-R was any kind of indicator.

[Tiny71]

I second LordSmurf's thoughts.

I currently have the Plextor Premium and have yet to burn past 4x. Also, Ritek's 4x on my Optorite have yet to fail me, so I will be one who stays where I am until the early adopters work out the kinks. Plus, I hope this means we will see 4x media start to drop.

[drewson99]

i can't even see myself wanting to burn at 16X.... 8X is too fast for me.

I never burn anything past 4X anyways cuzz I have this wierd belief that if you burn it faster you get more errors.

I used to think so about 4X, but I have been burning at 4X for a while now out of necessity and it works fine, I have watched discs all the way through many times.

Also, I used to think this about CDs, (going past 4X) and now I burn at 32X with no errors!

[Red96TA]

Same here. 4x would have been fine, but now I'm getting more serious and need to burn disks at 6x-8x to cut down on time (I already spend enough editing the darn things).

[proxyx99]

Quality of media is dragging its feet compared to DVD drive technology. I'd be happier with inexpensive high quality media in 4x 8x range then with introduction of new 16x drives. Have you noticed how companies stopped bragging about 100 years life expectancy of media that start to fail after just couple of years due to aluminum layer corrosion?